Make Your Own Shop Towels

It boggles my mind how willing people are to pay $20 or more for shop or cleaning towels when they are so easy to make yourself for free.  That's right, free!

Whoever does the laundry in your home will know what clothing items need to be replaced.  If any of them are 100 percent cotton, such as tee shirts and underwear, they should be washed and set aside.  These can be recycled into cleaning towels.

Here's all you have to do:
     1.  Cut or rip out the side seams of the garment.
     2.  Cut the remaining fabric into 14 inch squares.   These are your new shop towels.
     3.  Toss any scrap materials into the compost bin.

That's it! You will end up with a pile of shop towels ready to use.

I remember watching my grandmother clean the house when I was little.  She would use underwear that had torn or had holes.  She never bothered to cut them into squares, and they worked just fine.  Personally, I prefer to make them look like towels before use.

You can use these towels in place of paper towels to save even more money.  Taking the time to make your own shop towels out of what you already have just makes sense!